Vital Signs
I'm helping scientists by doing research on different plants. By doing this, it will help the environment. I was also happy that I caught frogs. I see water and leaves and branch and many, many bugs. I am surprised on what I found because I never knew I would find something so close. 
- Student from Old Orchard Beach
I am excited about being able to take my students into the field, collect meaningful data and share it with the wider scientific community. I am hopeful that the end result will be to increase my students' environmental awareness so that they become more responsible, global citizens.
- Anonymous Feedback from Teacher Institute Participant
The most exciting thing about Vital Signs is that we are doing "real" science. Students’ audience will extend far beyond the usual restriction of the classroom walls and into the scientific community. The more students engage in this process the greater the chances are that today's students will become tomorrow's concerned citizens who will work to solve environmental problems as they arise.
- Anonymous Feedback from Teacher Institute Participant
I was happy because I was helping nature and having fun at the same time while in school. I saw brown water, trees, plants, and stumps. I heard birds chirping, the ruffling of leaves, and the water moving around while people walked in it with the weighters. I smelt the water and it smelt gross. I am not surprised that I did not find hydrilla because it is invasive and should not be in Milliken Mills pond. Our only problems were finding the GPS coordinates at first but then we got them.
- Student from Old Orchard Beach